New Zealand won the Fossil of the Day award at the Bangkok climate change talks yesterday, after backing down from its already pathetic 10% to 20% reduction target. That's bad enough - but then there's what happened when Climate Action Network staff in Berlin went to deliver the award to the NZ Embassy there:
Unlike the Canadian and Algerian embassy staff, those at the New Zealand embassy in Berlin appeared to panic. The campaigners were asked to leave immediately.You'd almost think they were embarrassed or something. But it's also a perfect illustration of how governments use the threat of terrorism as an excuse to shut down democracy.The representatives at the embassy apparently claimed they were ‘not in a position’ to receive the satirical award, and said that the responsible person was ‘not in the office’. The bizarre thing was that they then asked the group to leave, claiming to be on ‘high terror alert’.
(No, I have no idea why an award won in Bangkok was being delivered in Berlin. Close to CAN HQ?)
